【ZZ】Error: Agent admitted failure to sign

Error: Agent admitted failure to sign

This error appears to only occur on Linux systems. For more details, see this issue report.

$ssh -vT [email protected]
...
Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).

Resolution

For most users, simply running ssh-add to load your keys into the SSH agent will fix this issue.

$ssh-add
# Enter passphrase for /home/you/.ssh/id_rsa: [tippy tap]
# Identity added: /home/you/.ssh/id_rsa (/home/you/.ssh/id_rsa)

If your key does not have the default filename, you'll have to pass the path to ssh-add.

$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/my_other_key
# Enter passphrase for /home/you/.ssh/my_other_key: [tappity tap tap]
# Identity added: /home/you/.ssh/my_other_key (/home/you/.ssh/my_other_key)